U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Smith v. Sharp
This writing
- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Author
- Carlos F. Lucero
- Filed
- Aug. 26, 2019
- Case
- Smith v. Sharp
- Case status
- Decided
Opening text
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LUCERO, Circuit Judge. Roderick Smith was sentenced to death by an Oklahoma state jury for the 1993 murders of his wife and four stepchildren. Before the resolution of Smith's collateral attacks on his convictions and sentence, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304,…
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